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4 „_ THE NORTHERN STAR. April! 9, \m .
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4 „_ The Northern Star. April! 9, \M .
4 „_ THE NORTHERN STAR . April ! 9 , \ m .
Jutt Published, In Nos. At One Penny Each,
Jutt Published , IN NOS . AT ONE PENNY EACH ,
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the mmmn guide to the gqlqes uhd , CALIFORNIA , US PAST HISTORY ; ITS PRESENT POSHIOX ; ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS : wrra a . miscxe iso actuestic accouht of THE DISCOVERY OF THE GOLD REGION , ASO THE SUBSEOGSST IUl'ORTAST MtOCEEDISOS .
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Ob May 1 st will be published No . L ( I wenty-four pages , Three Halfpence . ) of THE EXPONENT . A MONTHLY REVIEW FOR THE PEOPLE . To " expound" popular principles , and to aid in their practical development . -London : J . Watson . 3 , Qteen ' s Head Passage , Pater nnster-row . Cambridge : Kicholls .
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TO TAILORS AS 1 ) OTHERS . EXHIBITION , 1551 . My Approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and jf . fi . tt Prince Albert .
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DO YOU WAST BEAUTIFUL ASD LUXURLASTHAIR , WHISKERS , & c ? MANY preparations for the Hair have been - introduced to the public , but none have gained such a worii-ttiila celebrity and immense sale as Miss DEAN ' s CU 1 . VILENE , It is guaranteed to produce whiskers , xnonstacbios , eye-brows & c , inthreeeorfourweek * , with the utmost certainty ; and will be found eminently successful id nourishing , curling , and beautifying the hair , and checking greyotss in aU its stages , strengthening weak hair , preventing its fulling off , ic ., < fcc For the reproduction cf hair in baldness , from whatever cause and at whatever age , it stands unrivalled , never having failed . One trial only is solicited to prove the fact . It is an «! cgamly-scented preparation , and sufficient for three months' use will he sent ( post-free ) on receipt of twentyfour postage-stamps , by Miss DEAN , 4 S , Liverpool-street , Sing ' s cross , London . For chiluren it is indispensable , as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair . ACTBEST 1 C TEST 1 * VSI VLS .
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BEAUTIFUL HAIR , WHISKERS , eyebrows , & c , maybe , with certainty , obtained fry nans a very small portion of R 03 AUB COOFELLE'S PARISIAN POMADE , every morning , instead of any oil or other preparation . A fortnight ' s use will , in most instances , show its surprising properties in producing and curling Whiskers , Hair , Ac ., at any age , from whatever cause deficient ; as also checking greyness , < £ : & Sent free by post , with instructions , ix ., on receipt of twenty-four postage stamps , by JBss COIJl'ELLE , Elyplace , Holborn-hill , London ; who may be consulted on these matters daily from 2 till 5 o ' clock .
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PROSPECTUS OF A SEW WEEKLY DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL TO » E XSTlTtXD THB "FRIEND OP THE PEOPLE ;" XHEAS propounded , discussed , acceptedbehold the only enduring ; foundation on which Revolutions in Government and Society ean he securely based . The must glorious struggles to destroy oppression have resuited either in total failure , bitter disappounnmit , or fearful re-action , because the long-suffering millions nave lacked the knowledge necessary to enable them to distinguish between pretended and veal reforms , between their true friends and those political charlatans vrho , masquerading in the guise of liberalism , trtffic in the misplaced confidence of the people . The advocates of Democratic Reform , and Social Regeneration can hope for real and permanent success enly through the general adoption of their principles . To expound and propagate those principles , democratic journal ! mutt be multiplied . The Pbess , that great engine of Moral Power , must be employed more « ffectively than hitherto it bas ncen , to spread abroad the all-s » ving truths of Demcracy . Theories of political and i ocial justice will bo tranformed into practical realities , the moment the great mass of the people are imbued with a correct knowledge of then- rights , and are made to comprehend tlie means by which they may work out their own emancipation . . Impressed with the views indicated rather than fottj set forth in the foregoing observations , we whose names are hereunto subscribed have advised JULIAN HA 1 NEY ttd Ernest Jones , to respond to the many appeals made to them from all parts of the country to combine their energies for the production of a journal calculated to elevate and advance the people ' s cause . Having constituted ourselves a Committee to aid th « m in this enterprise , we have the pleasure of announc ng that : — A New Weekly Newspaper of large sixe , to be entitled—
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THE REFUGEES . TO BE DISPOSED OP , BY TICKET , c-nTcESDAi sext , the 22 nd instant , at the house of Mr . SciiTTEB , the Rising Son , Calendar-yard , Long-alley , Uoorfields , for the BENEFIT of the POLISH AND HUNGARIAN REFUGEES , a beautiful portrait of Kossuth , the Hungaii-m Chief . ' Tickets 3 d . each . Chair to be taken at Eight o'clotk . J . Scotteb , Treasurer . IV . II . Baas , Secretary .
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LAXD AND COTTAGES FOR TEETOTALLERS -.. -v ONLY ! - . : A VACANCY of a TWO-ROQMED Xi . COTTAGE and Two Acres of superior Land , on : the JJibden Hill Estate , has just occurred , and immediate- possession may be had at A 8 per annum ; and there is-no money whatever to be paid except £ i for . theusunl half year ' s rentin advance , as a security nquired from all new tenants . Afterwards , of course , the rent will be paid only when due . - - ¦• • - ¦ - . For further information , or to view the Estate , apply to Mr . Julian Hibbert , i DibSen Hill ,. Chalfontstreet , St . Giles ' s , Bucks , two miles from O'Connorville , six from Uxi
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Steam Vsssslb . —On Tuesday a return to , parJiament was printed , showing that on the 1 st of Janu ary Use there were refiistercd 299 steam vessels in the ^ United Kingdom ; about one half of which are built of iron . ' ' ^^ sss ^ ss ^ *** *&¦&
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Ko . XVI . of tha ] f « vr Series THE KATIONAL INSTRUCTOR . " Is bow ready . Contents ot Ho . XVI . 1 . George Sanu . 2 . Curran , the Orator . 3 . The Pauper Colonies of Holland . i . The Indian Somnambule J 5 . Sew Books . —The Saxon in Ireland ; or the Rambles of an Englishman in Search of a Settlement in the West of Ireland . 6 . Labour and Co-operative Record—National Union of the Productive Classes .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , U , Southampton-street , Strand . THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE herebyannounce the following meetings : — On Sundaj afternoon , at three o ' clock , the Metropolitan Delegate Council will meet at the . City Hall , 26 , Goldenlane , Barbican . At the same time the Lambith locality will meet at the South London Hall , and Mr . Pattinson , the sub-secretary , will be in attendance to enrol members , On Sunday evening next at the Princess Royal , Circusstreet , Marylebone—Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbrioge-street , New-road—Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town . On tbe same evening at the Rising Sun , Calender-yard , Long-alley , a lecture will be delivered . And the Members are requested to meet for business . On the same evening at the Ship , High-street , Whitechapel , Mr . W . Davis will lecture . Subject ; ' Life and Character of Robert Burns . ' On thesame evening at the City Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , a lecture will be delivered .
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A Magnificent Steel Engraving of the IHTEBIOR OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE , Measuring twenty-eight by twelve inches , showing the whole length of the Transept and body of the Building , for the Great International Exhibition , will be ready tp deliver to the Subscribers of the " Northern . Star" on Saturday , May 3 rd .
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J . Skermtt , Nottingham , hegs to . acknowledge the receipt of the following sumi towards the expenses of the Delegate to the Convention , viz .: — -From the Falcon , New Radford lSs—Collected by J . Mason Is lljd—John Jacquss Is—Ctrrington 2 s—Sutton-in-Ashfield 6 s—Bulwell 2 s—Sew Radford Locality 5 s . Ik ocb report of tlie Convention proceedings , the _ following important resolution was accidentally owitted : — Mr . Pringle moved , and Mr . Hurst fesonded : ' That , in order to carry out the measures adopted by this Convention , the delegates urge on their constituency the
necessity of Disking a national subscription of threepence , the same to be collected during- the three weeks , commencing April 20 th , and ending May 11 th , 1851 . ' Carried unanimously . Iu the Plan of Organisation , under the head of Agents , the words' not " less than' should precede the words' seven . ' Under the head Principles , the words ' payment of members ' ' was substituted for ' paid representatives . ' : Duties of Executixe , the word social' should follow the word political , ' instead of preceding the word * lectures . ' G . H „ Leicester . —Mr . Eydd ' s address is , ' opposite Independent Chapel , Norwood , Surrey . '
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ST . ALBANS AND PURITY OP ELECTION . Hypocrisy and cant are invariable elements of a Select Committee of the House of Commons to investigate charges of bribery and corruption at elections . There is not a member on either side who is not cognizant of the faot , that bribery and corruption are part and parcel of an electioneering contest . The men who are appointed . judges seldom come into
court with clean hands . They are expected to discover and condemn in others practices of which they have been guilty themselves , and they do so—when the offender happens to belong to a different party to the majority of the committee The appointment of such a tribunal is a piece of hypocrisy , to begin with—the verdict delivered , as it is in all cases by a partizan tribunal ,-is the result of the political or party prejudices of the majority—in neither case is purity of election the ostensible object promoted or secured ^
The termination of tbe St . Alban'smock inquiry is a stronger condemnation of our electoral system , ' than any ever pronounced by its most determined opponent . That borough has long been known to be . one of the most venal and corrupt in the Kingdom . The votes possessed by its small constituency constitutes the staple trade of the town , and are as openly bought aiid sold as if the barter were legal . The last election was like many that had preceded it—a mere matter of bargain and sale ; and Mr . Jacob Bell proving to be
the highest bidder , of course secured the seat . But the bribery , and the corruption was so open , so notorious , extensive , and unblushing , that he was , as a matter of course , petitioned against . Iu due time attorneys , barristers , agents , and wituesse 8--aU the tribe who thrive by such proceedings were put . in motion—the committee was appointed , proceeded to hear counsel ,- and then evidence ; but ecufen . ee was not forthcoming «¦¦ The witnesses had been seen to leave St . 'Albans for London ; but on theirivay , thither they . were
spirited away by some means , or other ,, not difficult to guess at ,- but very difficult to prove . The committee-was non-plussed . -Rewards were offered for the missing witnesses , and tho detective police , set ^ in motion , but all hi vain . Day after , day was wasted futile sittings and vexatious ' , disputes with ; the lawyers ; until at last the committee were goaded into a ' rage , - and--in ; thb heat of excitement were guilty of some inrormalities , which ; thelawyers . contended , destroyed , their jurisdiction ,, and put an end to the case * ' 'At last , in the midst of : the chaos , thoy managed
to secure the most active agent in the abduction ; of ' the witnesses , whomthey- 'forthwith committed to the custody of the Sergeantat-Aruis , and then proceeded to report th at the sitting member had been duly elected by undue , improper , and .. corrupt means ,- and recommending that a commission , should be appointed , to examine into the political health of St . ' ; Alpahs ! -.. The consistency of the report vfill not fail to strike theoreader , but such , we assure him , is essentially , if not literallythe
, verdict of these ;¦*« Daniels come , , to , -judgment ;* ' The agent ; who ! caused the witnesses to abscond baa been sent to Newgate , whore he . will . remain , we presume , until -the ' session closes . The Speaker has issued his warrants for the apprehension of'feui of the mjesihg witnesses , and the police are on their trail . The instruments and recipients of the bribery are imprisoned or hunted throti gaihei ^ ountry , while . we individual who mnsifce jnreBuVMJd to
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have set in motion aU this corrupt - machinery not only escapes punishment , but absolutely retains the prize won by means such as those condemned by the committee in its selfcontradictory and inconsistentfreport I No doubt the commission will be issued as recommended by tho committee , and it ia quite probable that on their report the borough will be disfranchised . But what then ? Will that in any perceptible degree improve the character or the efficiency of parliament ? Not a whit . Even if the proposal of some of the so-called liberal journals were adopted , and
the two members taken from St . Albans given to the immense unrepresented population inhabiting Chelsea , Hammersmith , Fulham , and other western portions of the metropolis , it would be a reform so paltry as to be beneath contempt . But if St . Albans was disfranchised , it by . no means follows that a new metropolitan borough would be created . Sudbury has been struck out of tbe Hat for many years ; and if the present ministry were in the slightest degree sincerely disposed to promote franchise reform , they might long ago have
granted the repeated request of the unrepresented west Londoners , and given them the two members taken from Sudbury . They have , however , so little stomach for the work , that even that trifling alteration isbeyond their power ; and , bearing in mind Lord John ' s cautious but significant intimation , as to the principle on which he thought any new franchise measure should be founded , wo see small hope indeed tbat the inherent injustice and corruption of the present system . will be dealt with by him or his colleagues .
In fact , these small boroughs were part of the carefully constructed machinery by which fcheframer of the Reform Bill sought to secure his great object—namely , the continued preponderance of the aristocracy , and the moniedclasses . They are the sewers through which the impure and corrupting elements of our electoral system find their way into Parliament . The representatives of these little and . rotten boroughs outnumber , on a diviaon on any
question of substantial reform , the members returned by large and popular constituencies . The men who have been returned without bribery are in a minority , because they represent constituencies too wealthy , powerful , and numerous to be bribed . The bribers and the bribed , a miserable minority in power , intellect , or political honesty , domineer over the majority , because , according to Whig wisdom , small boroughs are ; and must remain , part and parcel of , our , glorious constitution !
' . "While . this is the case—while Parliament acquiesces in its continuance—all inquiries into alleged bribery , corruption , treating , and intimidation , are mere farces . We wonder that those . engaged in them can refrain from laughing in each other ' s faces . They know very well it ia all " humbug ; " and , however much they may assume an air of virtuous indignation , to " puzzle the vulgar , " they must be conscious it is impossible for them to " confound the wise" on such subjects .
There is but one satisfactory and straightforward w"ay of settling this question—that proposed by the People ' s Charter . Equal Electoral Districts , of such a size as to be easily manageable , and , at the same time , too large to be either bribed or intimidated , are the sole cure for the political corruption which now infects tha whole electoral system . Mere palliatives are unavailing . It must bo a sweeping , thorough , aud radical reform .
Meanwhile , and until this is attained , wo suggest to " the House , ' * that when it sends the agent to Newgate for corrupting , electors and abducting witnesses , it ought , at least ; to send his employer , who furnished the means , to the same " durance vile . '' If any distinction should be made at all , the briber should be more severely punished than the bribed , or the instruments by which the bribery was effected . : . .
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PAYING TOO DEAR FOR THE DOWNING STREET . WHISTLE . Two very important questions were placed at issue in Sir W . Moleswortu's motion on Colonial Policy . They were at the same time inseparably connected . To give our Colonies the power of solf-Covernmeufc would also relieve the tax-payers at home of an annual burden of at least sateen hundred thousand pounds . The speech in which these two propositions were demonstrated was one of the redeeming
events of the Session . Sir William does not often address the House , but -when he does it is to some purpose . No individual in this country has so thoroughly mastered in all its breadth , and m aU its details , our Colonial system ; and the expositions which , at intervals , he delivers in the House of Commons , are not speeches , in the ordinary sense of the term , but thoughtfully arranged digests of varied and important information , culled from every possible source , and pervaded by a philosophical and statesman-like spirit , which gives coherence , point , and purpose to the details
collected and fused together . A collection of Sir W . Molesworth ' s speeches during the last three or four years—they are not manywould give the reader abetter and clearer idea of the nature and extent of bur Colonial possessions , and their relation to the Mother Couhtryy . ta . an is' attainable in any other quarter . In his last , he forcibly showed the essential difference of military and naval stations and Colonies . Tho former are ostensibly maintained for the protection of our commercial marine , and are maintained foi- altogether different purposes to the Colonies . They are
the stations of the naval police we maintain , to keep tho peace on the high seas , the harbours of refuge for our merchant men , from the storms both of war and weather ; and in this light are legitimate objects of imperial expenditure , seeing that the empire is interested in , and benefited by , their existence . Butthe Colonics are , as it were , offsets from the Mother Country—English municipalities scattered in various quarters of the globe outside of our territorial boundaries . ' The only . forces these Colonies require in time of peace , are those which may be necessary to guard against internal riots , or aggressions from savage
tribes on their frontiers . These are strictly matters of local police , and the justice as well as expediency of . endowing all such dependencies with the power of local self-Governmont , being now generally recognised , they ought , as a consequence , to provide for the maintenance of their pwn local police . To this generalrulejSir W . Molesworth made an exception on behalf of the Colonial Settlements to which convicts are sent . As the Mother Country sends these convicts there for its presumed benefit , iand as their' transportation ' necessarilyinvolves cost to . the . community , it is but foir that we , who cause , it , should pay it . ...
'Upon , this basis Sir : William . laid " down a new . Colonial-system , by' which both classes ' of dependencies could be / governed . with efficiency and economy , to the greatiadvantage both of the colonists andthe peoplej at-home ., / With respect to thernilitary > and naval dependencies , lie proposed that they 'should be limited to those thiit werei absolutely necessary , and ' . ^ those situated but . ' of . ' the . traclc of , commerce , or iriappJicabW onjaccount of , . vtbieit-. territorial extent , should he-abandoned ^ : This ; in effect ,
would reduce tho extent bf frontier' to be : defended , and" concentrate iqur for < $ . ujoni . tne ' points whereJt is really , ' rehired . ' r ^ -8 .-.. jtd r r tbe . Colonies ; strictly so . c & Uied , he recommended that measures should be adopted for conceding to them the -power' of local self-government ; and , as a cohs equehce ^ th at they should take upon themselves the charge of supporting any military establishment they might think necesgary in time of peace . . . ' . ' . ' . : ' ' " , " , ; The adaption of such apbMey ae thiu ' ddco
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not—as Lord J . Russell most disingenuously asserted in' sounding claptrap—involve any abandonment of our position on the high seas , or tho protection of our commercial intercourse with the world . The Prime Minister , instead of grappling with the facts in Sir William ' s masterl y exposition , had recourse to pathetic declamation , about the fatal consequences of a policy which—he said—involved ' * the dissolution of the empire . " How such a result could be produced by rendering our naval and military stations more efficient , and perpetuating the connexion beween the Mother
Country and tho Colonies , by substituting the ties of affection , and a sense of common interests , together with the enjoyment of equal liberties , instead of Downing-street meddling and brute f orce , we are at a loss to understand . Yet ,-upon this assumption the whole of the Ministerial opposition was based . The consequence is , we must come to the conclusion that the present Cabinet is of opinion we hold our Colonies by the tenure of the sword , and that we can only retain the allegiance of Australia or New Zealand by the same apparatus of brute force , as that which binds Poland to Russia , or Hungary to Austria .
But , even if it were true that Lord Gret , and other Colonial Ministers , had so misgoverned our Colonies as to produce such alienation and hostility to English rule in the Colonies , that the moment we withdrew our soldiers they would revolt—the question remains for the taxpayers of England to say , whether they will keep together a large colonial empire by such means , and at such a price . Let us understand the naked proposition , It is , that we must maintain at least
one quarter of the whole of our army , at an expense of a ¦ million and a . half a year , to keep down tbe free action of the Colonists , We must submit to heavy taxation , in-order that those who have gone forth from amongst us to distant Colonies , in search of the subsistence and fortune denied them here , maybe kept in political and municipal bondage . That , according to the Premier , is the purpose for which we keep twenty-five thousand soldiers in the Colonies ,. and pay $ 1 , 600 , 000 per annum .
Sixteen hundred thousand pounds a year would go . a long way to sweep off the taxes on" paper , newspapers , and advertisements , and give us a really free Press in this country . We might relieve the manufacturer of soap from the vexatious Excise interference and restrictions , which prevent improvements in the manufacture of that article , and repeal the tax which makes one of the necessaries of life , at least one-third , if not one-half higher in price than it would . be but for tho
duty levied upon it . The blacksmith ' s pint of beer , and the sempstress ' s cup of tea , might be both enjoyed cheaper and better , if this sixteen hundred thousand a year was not levied ; or we might relieve the struggling professional men , clerks , and small tradesmen , from the monstrous injustice of the present income tax , by suffering the Colonists to manage their own affairs . As" it is , what do we get as an equivalent ? Will anybody tell us when the debate is resumed after Easter ? The babble about " the honour" of extended dominion is as
foolish in a financial as it is in a political point of view . It is , in the first place , paying far too dearly for "honour , ' ? if honour there be ; but we see no honour whatever in reducing our Colonists to abject political subjection , and keeping them bound to this country by mere brute force . Instead of honour , we purchase disgrace , by the money thus wastefully and mischievously squandered . But , indeed , it is scarcely necessary to argue this question with the present Ministry . Thoy stand self-cohdeinned upon this , as upon many other questions of imperial policy . While Lord John denounces the policy of Sir W . MoLESWORTir as suicidal , and tending to
the dissolution of the empire , Earl Grey has done in Canada precisely what Sir W . MoLESWORTH recommends . But at what cost has Canada purchased for itself this power of self-government!—rebellion , war , bloodshed , and waste . Lord John says that , ten years hence , other Colonies may be entitled to the same representative and responsible government as that which Canada has conquered for itself . In other words , he will yield nothing to justice . Colonial self-government must be extorted at the point of the sword , and the people of England are to pay those who resist the political and municipal enfranchisement of their brethren and relations in the
Colonies 1 ' Now , what is the secret influencewhat the real objects . of this most extravagant , profligate , and tyrannical policy ? It is clear that the taxpayers of Great Britain and Ireland do not benefit by it : it is equally clear that the colonists are as little interested in its perpetuation . Who are the parties that thrive by it ? The same obligarchy that
plunders us at home . The Colonies are kept up as a fei pasture , into which a host of the scions of influential families may he turned to graze at the public expense . It is a part of that gigantic system of patronage which enables the Ministry , for the . time being , to corrupt the' representatives of the people , and to perpetuate , both at home and abroad , a system which plunders , enslaves . and degrades the masses .
Colonial Reform is closely connected with Reform at home . A Parliament elected by the whole people can alone , effectuall y realise both .
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OPENING OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION BY THE . QUEEN . By a decision of the commissioners of the Great Exhibition , it appears that we are to make an exhibition of aristocratical hauteur and exclusiveness at its opening , which will make us look excessivel y ridiculous and contemptiWe in the eyes of our visitors . The Glass . Palace has been raised by voluntary subscriptions , The whole of the expenses attendant upon its construction and maintenance' are expected to be paid for by those
who visit it . If ever there was a building or an object that ought to have been kept free from favouritism and exclusivism , the Hydepark Exhibition should have been undefiled by both . Not so think the Commissioners . They have ; solemnly decreed that it shall be opened by the Queen , in the presence of themselves , the members oftheroyal household ; the government , and the diplomatic corps .. They may mean this regulation as an honour to the sovereign , but in reality it is a reflection both on her character and that ofher people . Whatever may be the differences of opinion in this
country as to the operation of o ' u r political system , we believe that in no class or party does ' 'triere exist , any other "' . Reeling than that of : high respect for ' the ; lady who ; now fills : the throne of these realms . During her numerous jourmes in all parts of the country this has beenunequiyocably demonstrated j jand / ibey ai e no friends of'Queen VicioRiA who make arrangements that . imply distrust , suspicion , or alienation on . her part towards the' people With thb exception of the-conduct 6 f such miscreants as Oxford , - and pthersj to which ' not | the slightest ' :, political animus , ' was ' over
atta cbedtby any party , the Q ' uee ^ has , at all times , experienced themostgenerous , cordial , and respectful reception from them . She will continue to enjoy that respectV ^ and "" to receive that , ^ cordial" , welcome ,-as long ' as she treats tfiem in thfl . same frank-ahdNhearty spirit of mutual 'confidpnee wliich has . hereto fore distinguished 'heivpublic ; appearancda „ ; The iriaugttration of theCrystal Palace ' by a few " , white sticks ; " grandees ,:: and- foreign ;^ ministers , to thei exclusion of' the public , ' as proposed , by the commissioners , will not- only be an insult to the people of this country ,. ' but an insult to me SoTBRBiGN herself , and an incident cal-
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culated to lower both her and thnTT ^ the eyes of tho world at W if tl 0 tl h most seem as if tho alarmists „ J « L coded such unfounded report ' s as t « X Coc » templated outbreak of the associate ! I . " ists and Red Republicans f ,. om oj , S ° al » tho globe , havo had influence enouW * of suade the commissioners to givocaC : ° P ° rdastardly fabrications by the adontion p H , es o a course . F u ot bucIj We trust , however , that if the W „ does open tho Exhibition , it will be in lGJr n . anner as to show that she ' trust . SttCli 8 intelligence and honour of the peonlp \ not be driven into the adoption of „ T ^ that may suit the execrated desnoi o C 0 Urs « small Continental Principalities w , ° me is wholly unjustified by the Xh " whic « Queen and the People of ESkt / 1 th other . glaua to eac h
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PARLIAMENTARY . Hope and real ity-antici patioa an (] filment—the discrepancy behv *™ .. fuI - as old as tbe human racfl V ^ is the French proverb , «« M ' „ : Jf ord , D g i » God disposes ; " while our owRwp ^ assures us , s ea , ; i oet " There ' s a divinity doth sbape our end . Bough hew them as we will / ' end 8 » Never , in Parliamentary historv u was the difference between pSSunT ^ performance so vast , as in the anti P " v session on which the curtain has in « f fi , a ! On the first of February the SovereiJ fv * Ministry Parliament , and the conQtr , J ^ J forward to a short , summary , and easv «• patch of the necessary business of the vg '
previous xo siiutung up ot . Stephen ' s ah j opening the Glass Palace , that we mi ght en ? holiday for once with the numerous visitors have invited to our shores . By the first * May it was expected that tho bulk of the busi ness would have been disposed of , and after wards all would go "Merry as a marriaS bell . " Never was a greater mistake . % Easter recess has come . Parliament will n l meet until two
again days before the Exhjfcj tion opens , and all the important business of 1851 has yet to be transacted . Though some few things have been begun , nothing has beeu finished . From the first of February to tha fourteenth of April , the machinery of Parliament has been utterly unproductive , and its members have been engaged like the head , mill labourers at Brixton , in " churning the wind . "
Into tho future wo shall not attempt to peer . As every thing has to he done after instead of before May who can tell how long the Session may last ? or who can say whether , the taxes having been voted , it may , within a fortni ght or three weeks , of re-assembling , have tha thread of its existence suddenly cut short , and its prorogation followed by a dissolution , and a General Electiou ? Whatever ma y turn out to be the fact
, M . Eittinghausen will certainly have another potent instance to add to his illustrations of tho inutility of Repre . sentative Legislation . The English Parliament have only to continue a little longer under the guidance of Lord John Russell , in order to produce a profound and wide-Spread conviction , that Parliamentary Governmen t is the greatest of all modern shams and hum . bugs .
True it talks : ' ye Gods ! how it talks i ' But that ia all . If words could avail we should ha the best governed nation in the world—tha misfortune is , that the words are not followed by the things they should represent . Take the talk about the Cape Colony and the Kaffir War for instance , the night before Parliament separated for the recess . Everybody admits that an urgent necessity for action has arisen .
Within a comparatively few years we find our . selves involved in a seventh war with a high spirited native race , in a distant African dependency . Each of these wars may be calcu lated to have cost us a million sterling , and there is every probability that now wa ging will cost double the money . What is to be done ? is the natural question with unsoplis . ticated people . But tho Government and Parliament are not unsophisticated ; and they ask what is to be said ? Instead of acting , they resolve to manufacture another blue
book . While Sir Henry Smith is playing at ducks and drakes with our money , and squandering hundreds of thousands in a war , from which we can gain neither honour nor profit , a" Select Committee" is to light the candle at the other end , and duly installed in some of the numerous co mmittee rooms that look out on the Thames , from the river front of the New Houses , is to send for papers , persons , and records , " even from the colony itself , to give evidence , the applicability of which will have passed away before tbey can
reach England to give it ! In fact , these "Select Committees" will soon become synonimous with the word "dodge . " Whenever Ministers want to stave off an ugly question , or shelve an importunate and "impracticable , " but influential member , a " Select Committee" is the ready expedient—another voluminous , expensive and unread " BlueBook " the sole result . Really this is very sorry work 1 Farther inquiry is about as needful in
the case of the Cape Colony as a fifth wheel to a coach . In the Blue Books already extant on the subject all the inftrmation that can possibly be requisite for efficient and comprehensive le gislation is to be found . The causes which produce these expensive , disgraceful , and frequently recuring conflicts , are neither obscure nor difficult of discovery—nor is the policy by which they are to be put an end to for ever at all doubtful . It is because the
Ministry know all this—because they 010 afraid that something substantial would be done , if they did not lead the House astray after a false scent , that they propose farther inquiry . It merel y means the postponement of all beneficial action on the part of the Imperial Government , and leave and license to spend tho money of this country in wasteful , unprovoked wars with savage tribes , in which we shall reap no honour , and the Colonial jobbers will have all the profit .
' Another of tho " palavers" in which the « ' honourable House " indulged before break * mg up , was a desultory one upon a vague motion of Mr . Disraeli upon a very substantial subject—agricultural distress . The division left ministers with a small majority of thirteen in a House of five hundred and eighteen members , whereupon the minority cheered . most . lustily .. But cut 60110 ? Are the farmers satisfied that Mr . Disraeli can show . the i . Whigs how . nearly parties are balanced in that houseand th at whenever tbe hi
, time ^ omes may , if so disposed , put them in a minority . ? . We can quite understand that this may be capital funior Mr . Disraeli , but in what way it . does : any good to the farmer we are unable . to . conceive . The whole thing is a hollow pretence . The Protectionists arc asnrach afraid of action . as ,, the Whigs . Sincerity is a virtue woefuyyid ^ ficieHt on both sides of the House . Stand-still ! and make-believe is the highest .. art , alike of tlie " Ins" and the "'' Outs . " - A wholesome thunder , storm is
very desirable , to break the- political stagnation which now : broods ., over tbe country , and threatens the extinction of-all that h ndb ) e , manly , or rational in ., the national character . We are . sick of a government and a Parlia * ment , the only , arid highest achievement oj which is topour forth « a weak , washy flood of words , " and only distinguished by being t otallj devoid of earnestness , meaning , purpose , or practical'result ;
< : ;!¦ ..:. .. ....:. HOME-NEjys ; .. . We ; have nothing deserving notice ' under this head , if we except the executionof the F « mley Hurderers , which took place on Tuesd *?
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 19, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19041851/page/4/
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